Each year the Natural Hazards Center collects the bright ideas from the hazards community and works to turn them into thought-provoking conversations at our annual Workshop. Well, it’s that time again.
We’ve extended the deadline to submit session proposals for our 39th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, to be held Sunday, June 22 through Wednesday, June 25, 2014. You can send us your thoughts on what you would like to see discussed by January 12.
Like last year, we will only consider submissions that are reasonably complete, and you will be asked to take a role in organizing sessions we accept. A complete Hazards Workshop session generally consists of the following:
- An interesting and descriptive title;
- A concise session description that will frame the panelists' discussion;
- A moderator with the background and personality to draw panel members and the audience into the discussion; and,
- Three panelists with differing perspectives on the topic, preferably from different disciplines or sectors.
Note that the following still apply:
- In most sessions, panelists are not permitted to present slides or papers but instead respond to a moderator's framing questions.
- We are most interested in emerging questions, new perspectives, and topics of broad interest and applicability.
- As needed, we will combine different proposals and panelists to reframe issues and encourage discussion.
If you make a complete session proposal using the Web form linked here, we will notify you whether or not it has been accepted by January 24.
The Workshop encourages lively discussions among people from different areas of the hazards and disasters community who might not otherwise connect. Your input is critical to achieving this goal, and we thank you in advance for your participation.